Description
Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. In version 5.5.3 and earlier, the callback form of GenericVector::read in src/ccutil/genericvector.h reads the independent int32 fields reserved and size_used_ from a .traineddata model without a cap or an invariant check. reserve(reserved) allocates the backing array, but the callback loop writes size_used_ elements. A crafted TESSDATA_INTTEMP component with version_id 4 or later can therefore set reserved to a small value and size_used_ to a large value when fontinfo_table_.read(fp, read_info) is called from src/classify/intproto.cpp, causing a heap out-of-bounds write of FontInfo structures, heap corruption, a crash, or potentially controlled corruption. No fixed release is available as of this review.
Published: 2026-09-10
Score: 8.6 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tesseract-ocr
Tesseract-ocr tesseract Ocr
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:tesseract-ocr:tesseract_ocr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tesseract-ocr
Tesseract-ocr tesseract Ocr
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 13 Sep 2026 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tesseract Project
Tesseract Project tesseract
Vendors & Products Tesseract Project
Tesseract Project tesseract

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. In version 5.5.3 and earlier, the callback form of GenericVector::read in src/ccutil/genericvector.h reads the independent int32 fields reserved and size_used_ from a .traineddata model without a cap or an invariant check. reserve(reserved) allocates the backing array, but the callback loop writes size_used_ elements. A crafted TESSDATA_INTTEMP component with version_id 4 or later can therefore set reserved to a small value and size_used_ to a large value when fontinfo_table_.read(fp, read_info) is called from src/classify/intproto.cpp, causing a heap out-of-bounds write of FontInfo structures, heap corruption, a crash, or potentially controlled corruption. No fixed release is available as of this review.
Title Tesseract: Heap out-of-bounds write in GenericVector<T>::read due to independent reserved/size_used_ fields
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Tesseract-ocr Tesseract Ocr
Tesseract Project Tesseract
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:53:42.903Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T21:22:45.433Z

Link: CVE-2026-88051

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-15T14:53:00.806Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-10T18:18:14.177

Modified: 2026-09-16T16:29:47.137

Link: CVE-2026-88051

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-10T17:37:01Z

Links: CVE-2026-88051 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-13T19:30:18Z

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